Recent content by theredneckrussian

Well I took apart the driver pulley and noticed that the weights were damaged... I have a feeling that could be causing the issue Ill try to post a link to a video of what its doing later

thanks for the advice !

Hey Guys I have a comet 30 series cvt and I finally got my go kart running and I drove it for a few minutes and I realized that my cvt isn't engaging properly and now it will not engage at all unfortuneately ? anybody have any ideas of what could be causing this ?

Hey guys whats going on, I ended up trading my 8 horse briggs for this honda mainly because I was sick of messing with the briggs so much and Ive always had good luck with hondas but anyway... This engine only makes about 5.5 horse and I was thinking about completely building it up to make it...

to see if the cvt engages correctally

Ill try that and ill see how that works Thanks :)

Well The motor didnt do that before to my knowlate well since its the first time I got it to fire with the cvt put on correctally (it was stuck to the crank and backwards when I bought the kart) and its the first time ive run the cart with the new fly weights (since I melted the last ones...

Yeah It ran the same like the engine itself will not idle at all it seems like its running at least at mid throttle :/

Alright guys I have another issue with my gokart D: First its the torque converter and now its the engine itself ! :( Well I went to fire it up for the first time with the new fly weights on it for the converter and when I went to rev the engine at the throttle it wouldnt change RPM its like its...

Thats what I was thinking too

Thanks guys for All the help! I finally got the torque converter off with a little help from an impact now all I have to do Is fix the tires on the Kart and shes ready to go !!!

Awesome, I thought it was something much worse to repair D:, Im definately going to clean it when i get it off, hopefully I can take the cart over to my shop this weekend and use my trusty acetylene torch and speed up the process, Does anybody Know where I could get those weights?

Well I did give the old torch and penetrating oil trick and it somewhat worked ! i got it move a little bit!, Im still trying to get it off but the problem now is I'm pretty sure I melted something inside the pulley :oops:... so I might just try to cut it and buy a new one if I did some serious...

Hey guys ! whats going on? im new to the go kart world, im used to having go fast cars (I have a 88 dodge ram with a 390 stroker going in it soon) but anyway I got a murray explorer go kart I bought for $25 off craigslist and it was well used and abused its on its 3rd engine aparently (it has an...

@ jameyers I do belive so, I do have the part that goes against the block off but anything that is supposed to go with the outer clamshell is stuck on the crank